Domaine Jolivet - Saint-Joseph L'Instinct 2023
93/100 Coup de Cœur
RVF
91/100
Decanter
"Syrah with noble, pure fruit, sincere in its spicy and fruity notes."
"Herbaceous notes of bay leaf and blackcurrant. Concentrated in fruit, it is dry, flavorful, and pleasantly structured, with very fine tannins. The acidity is fairly low, but it offers a lovely freshness thanks to its herbaceous notes. Well made, with the granite-like texture that characterizes St-Joseph wines." (Decanter 2024)
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Eye
Dark red
Nose
Expressive, full of spices and dark fruits, blackberry and black pepper
Mouth
Full-bodied and precise, with fine, silky tannins, a beautiful tannic structure, and excellent balance, offering great aging potential.
Serve
At 16-18°C
Open
Allow to breathe for 1 hour before serving for recent vintages.
Drink from
2025
Drink before
2033+
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy with rabbit with olives, lasagna Bolognese or vegetable lasagna, salted pork with lentils, Landes salad, ravioli with porcini mushrooms and foie gras...
Decanter
Wine rated (2024 guide) 91/100
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended
About wine:
Herbaceous notes of bay leaf and blackcurrant. Concentrated in fruit, it is dry, flavorful, and pleasantly structured, with very fine tannins. The acidity is fairly low, but it offers a nice freshness thanks to its herbaceous notes. Well made, with the granite-like texture that characterizes St-Joseph wines.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated estate (2020 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rating (2026 guide) 93/100 Favorite
Rated estate (2021 guide) Selected (Please note that this guide is a ranking and, as such, all the estates listed in it, even those without stars, represent, in our opinion, the excellence of French production.)
About wine:
Red wine seduces with its richness, its sappy and spicy character, juicy and delicately peppery.
About the estate:
This small estate in Saint-Jean de Muzols has been producing wine for a long time, but took a new direction when Bastien Jolivet succeeded his father in 2014 and decided to stop supplying his grapes to the cooperative. His vineyard is located on beautiful hillsides; the wines produced there are vinified with indigenous yeast and fermented in used barrels. The reds are made from whole grapes and aged in demi-muid barrels.
Jancis Robinson
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended